I use the following activity with my fifth grader. I pull the 20 books and put them into the appropriate pile of four and put a big number on top of the file. I then divide the class into five teams and tell them which pile they are starting with today. I give them about 13 minutes a pile and then the teams go on to the next set. It takes 3 lesson periods -- Lisa
Names of Team Members _
USING REFERENCE BOOKS
Directions: For each set of questions look at the four reference books and choose the appropriate one to answer each of the questions
Set One: German Dictionary; Young People’s Atlas of the United States: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations; Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature;
1. What highway route runs through Alabama? _
2. What was Dr. Seuss’ first book? _
3. Who said, “Fog comes on cat feet?” _
4. How do you say hill in German?
Set Two: Seven Language Dictionary; Can You Name that Team? Geographic Dictionary; State by State Atlas
1. Name one island off the coast of Massachusetts
2. How do you say hill in Spanish?
3. How many states have a town, village or city called Manchester? _
4. Which team is nicknamed the “Red Wings”? _
Set Three: Webster’s Thesaurus; Rocks and Minerals; Religious Holidays and Calendar; Biographic Dictionary
1. During what dates is Kwanzaa observed?
2. What color is lapis-lazuli? _
3. What is a synonym for danger? _
4. What was John Philip Sousa called?
Set Four: The American Book of Days; Dictionary of Synonyms: State Trees; Music – An Illustrated Encyclopedia
1. What kind of instrument is a guiro?
2. What state has a sugar maple as its state tree? _
3. What state celebrates its independence on March 2nd?
4. What is a synonym for vast? _
Set Five: Visual Dictionary: Facts About the Fifty States; Geography of the World; Books and their Creators
1. What book did Frank Baum write? _
2. How many people are there for every doctor in Senegal, Africa?
3. Name three parts of a microscope _ _ _
4. What is Florida’s nickname? _
Names of Team Members _
USING REFERENCE BOOKS
Directions: For each set of questions look at the four reference books and choose the appropriate one to answer each of the questions
Set One: German Dictionary; Young People’s Atlas of the United States: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations; Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature;
1. What highway route runs through Alabama? _
2. What was Dr. Seuss’ first book? _
3. Who said, “Fog comes on cat feet?” _
4. How do you say hill in German?
Set Two: Seven Language Dictionary; Can You Name that Team? Geographic Dictionary; State by State Atlas
1. Name one island off the coast of Massachusetts
2. How do you say hill in Spanish?
3. How many states have a town, village or city called Manchester? _
4. Which team is nicknamed the “Red Wings”? _
Set Three: Webster’s Thesaurus; Rocks and Minerals; Religious Holidays and Calendar; Biographic Dictionary
1. During what dates is Kwanzaa observed?
2. What color is lapis-lazuli? _
3. What is a synonym for danger? _
4. What was John Philip Sousa called?
Set Four: The American Book of Days; Dictionary of Synonyms: State Trees; Music – An Illustrated Encyclopedia
1. What kind of instrument is a guiro?
2. What state has a sugar maple as its state tree? _
3. What state celebrates its independence on March 2nd?
4. What is a synonym for vast? _
Set Five: Visual Dictionary: Facts About the Fifty States; Geography of the World; Books and their Creators
1. What book did Frank Baum write? _
2. How many people are there for every doctor in Senegal, Africa?
3. Name three parts of a microscope _ _ _
4. What is Florida’s nickname? _